The Eiffel Towerclosed for one since last Monday staff strike, reopened on Sunday after a reopening Agreement between the unions and the company managing the monument.
“The management of the Eiffel Tower Exploitation Company (SETE) and the union centers have reached an agreement” that stipulates that both parties “regularly monitor the business model.”
of the company, the organization said in a statement sent to AFP.
“The development of investments in work and income is also monitored by a committee that meets every six months,” the text says.
Both parties also agreed on “an ambitious investment of 380 million euros ($411 million) by 2031, including for the works and preservation of the tower’s heritage,” said the statement from SETE, its majority shareholder (99%). Paris is city hall.
Unions had criticized a lack of maintenance and a delay in the 20th painting campaign, which began in 2019, although the previous one ended in 2010.
The pact now plans to celebrate the “20th To continue the painting campaign and get involved in the next one.”
Around 100,000 tickets were lost as a result of the six-day strike.
The profitability of the Eiffel Tower, which welcomed 6.3 million visitors in 2023, was affected by the loss of revenue of more than 120 million euros in the two years of the Covid health crisis (2020-2021). AFP